Idioms
not come/go amiss
- (British English) to be useful or pleasant in a particular situation
- A little luck wouldn't go amiss right now!
- I followed them all the way to make sure nothing went amiss.
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take something amiss
- (British English) to feel offended by something, perhaps because you have understood it in the wrong way
- Would she take it amiss if I offered to help?
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